Publications

Publications & Preprints

Universality, Unreachability & Beyond

The Structure of Emulations in Classical Spin Models: Modularity and Universality
Tobias Reinhart, Benjamin Engel and Gemma De les Coves. arxiv.org/abs/2407.13428
Epistemic Horizons From Deterministic Laws: Lessons From a Nomic Toy Theory
Johannes Fankhauser, Tomáš Gonda and Gemma De les Coves. arxiv.org/abs/2406.17581
An Invitation to Universality in Physics, Computer Science, and Beyond
Tomáš Gonda and Gemma De les Coves. arxiv.org/abs/2406.16607
The U(1) Lattice Gauge Theory Universally Connects All Classical Models with Continuous Variables, Including Background Gravity
Y. Xu, G. De las Cuevas, W. Dür, H. J. Briegel, M. A. Martin–Delgado. J. Stat. Mech. P02013 (2011). arXiv:1010.2041

Mathematical Quantum Physics: Quantum Theory Meets Noncommutative Linear Algebra

Positive Moments Forever: Undecidable and Decidable Cases
Gemma De les Coves, Joshua Graf, Andreas Klingler, Tim Netzer. arxiv.org/abs/2404.15053
Border Ranks of Positive and Invariant Tensor Decompositions: Applications to Correlations
Andreas Klingler, Tim Netzer and Gemma De les Coves. arxiv.org/abs/2304.13478
Quantum Information Theory Meets Free Semialgebraic Geometry: One Wonderland Through Two Looking Glasses
Gemma De las Cuevas and Tim Netzer. IMN Nr. 246 (2021). arXiv:2102.04240

The Grammar of Physical Interactions

The grammar of the Ising model: A new complexity hierarchy
Tobias Reinhart and Gemma De las Cuevas. arxiv.org/abs/2208.08301

Quantum Many-Body Systems with Tensor Networks

Other works

The origins of the tension between positivity and multiplicity

Quantum Information & Statistical Mechanics

Book chapters

Conceptual considerations

Quantum Theory: Ideals, Infinities and Pluralities
Gemma De les Coves. Submitted as a Chapter for the book "Open systems: Physics, Metaphysics and Methodology" edited by Mike Cuffaro and Stephan Hartmann. Oxford University Press (2024).
Ser humà: La ferida de l'infinit. Una trobada íntima de la ciència i la cultura
Gemma De les Coves. Capítol pel llibre A camp obert. Pràctiques culturals contemporànies. A cura de Josep Ramoneda i Raül Garrigasait. Institut Ramon Llull i Arcàdia (2024). English edition: Being human: The wound of infinity. An intimate encounter of science and culture. In In an Open Field. Contemporary Cultural Practices. Curated by Josep Ramoneda and Raül Garrigasait. Institut Ramon Llull & Arcàdia (2024).

Other articles

Other works

Magic Squares: A children's puzzle meets quantum physics
Gemma De las Cuevas, Tom Drescher and Tim Netzer. The Science Breaker (2022).
La unificación de los modelos de espín
Gemma De las Cuevas. Investigación y Ciencia, N. 482 (November 2016). (This journal no longer exists)